2026-10-05 08:46 UTC
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Systematic use of informed studies leads to more precise, but more biased estimates.
Critically comparison of informed and skeptical priors can provide more nuanced and solid understanding of our findings.
https://bsky.app/profile/fusaroli.eurosky.social/post/3lau7cygksy2h
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@maugendre@hachyderm.io 2026-10-05 09:14
… "In real life, we weigh the anticipated consequences of the decisions that we are about to make. That approach is much more rational than limiting the percentage of making the error of one kind in an artificial (null hypothesis) setting or using a measure of evidence for each model as the weight." Longford (2005) http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/stuff_for_blog/longford.pdf #bias #stats #nullHypothesis #probability #probabilities #pValues #statistics #statisticalLiteracy #inference #modelling #modeling #regression #linearRegression